Edgar Degas Men Quotations

There are some women who should barely be spoken to; they should only be caressed.

A man is an artist only at certain moments, by an effort of will. Objects have the same appearance for everybody.

If I were in the government I would have a brigade of policemen assigned to keeping an eye on people who paint landscapes outdoors. Oh, I wouldn't want anyone killed. I'd be satisfied with just a little buckshot to begin with.

Realism is more important than the sentiment of the picture.

One must do the same subject over again ten times, a hundred times. In art nothing must resemble an accident, not even movement.

Nothing in art should seem accidental, not even movement